On Twitter, Facebook, Google News, and Instagram. It would make it quite easy for people to use WhatsApp for quick group calls instead of having to schedule meetings.įollow HT Tech for the latest tech news and reviews, also keep up with us This would be a major update for WhatsApp Web and its desktop app. You'll be asked to allow WhatsApp access to your microphone. Click on the voice call/phone icon near the person's name.
There's no official confirmation on when WhatsApp will introduce it on the stable version. Click the new chat icon to start a new chat or choose the contact that you wish to make the call to from a previous conversation. WABetaInfo said that support for voice and video calls on WhatsApp Web should be available to WhatsApp's beta users in the coming weeks so some might start seeing them. Group voice and video calls are also supported in this test for WhatsApp Web. When you make a call on WhatsApp Web, a small window will pop up with the user's name, profile picture and buttons to end the call, switch to video/audio, and mute the call. Similar to the one discovered by Hern, the video and voice call buttons are visible on top just next to the contact's name. WABetaInfo shared screenshots of the voice and video calling options in WhatsApp Web. WhatsApp tracker WABetaInfo also noticed the same for WhatsApp Web in October. WhatsApp is testing video and voice calls on its desktop app, I can confirm, through my incredible journalistic technique of "being put in the testing bucket" /vWh3zCvDMQ- alex hern December 4, 2020